reflection paper 8

According to the text the three waves of educational reform began in the 1950’s from the Civil Rights Movement. That reform was set to stop segregation of schools. The reason for this reform was that blacks were being disenfranchised. They were not getting the books in their schools as the counterparts. The students could not participate in activities with white students of other schools. They were not getting proper equipment in their schools such as desk and chairs. School prayer banning was also a part of this reform. Students were not allowed to prayer in school because of the law, amendment 1.1 Separation of church and state. Arising from the reform was the busing of students for end segregation and affirmative action to get equal rights for all.
The second reform occurred in the 1980’s during the Ronald Reagan era. In an effort to get rid of the United States Of America Department of Education, ‘A Nation at Risk’ was launched. It evaluated the students’ performance. The result of that was increase testing of students and teachers, increase the number of course requirement needed for graduation. This reform would further shut down poor performing neighborhood determined from their test scores. The downfall of this reform was noted by Milton Friedman that wealthy would leave the poor performing schools, trapping the poor family in them. This reform also advocated for cultural literacy of Americans.
The third reform sparked from 1990’s to present, where they strive for standard base assessments. These assessments were to be used as a quantitative instrument to evaluate students based on their content knowledge and mastery. The united State Congress set up the National Education Goals (Goals 2000) initiative. With that the ‘No Child Left Behind’ Act of 2001 was cultivated. This act sort to educate every child in the United States no matter what their motivation or ailment. The down fall of this act is that not all children have the same potential